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WiC 469 (Oct 4, 2019)

Ready for take-off

Aviation, Talking Point How will a new airport reshape Beijing’s aviation landscape?

About 13 kilometres south of Tiananmen Square is Nanyuan (which means ‘south garden’ in Chinese). It was used as a military training ground by the ...

Welcome to the seventies

China Ink What were the main themes as China celebrated its 70th National…

The Communist Party of China (CPC) loves the political ritualism in military parades. And messages were definitely not going to go amiss this week as ...

Connecting the dots

Telecoms Handset maker Transsion soars on STAR board

“We penetrated deeper and deeper,” Charles Marlow recollects of a journey into Africa. The fictional sailor appears in Joseph Conrad’s 1902 novel ...

Economy China’s social credit system adds 33 million firms

In 2014 China’s State Council set itself a target to promote ‘social credit’ rating systems across the nation. Different local governments and ...

Economy Does the trade war really spell the end for China’s manufacturing…

The way that Donald Trump tells it, China’s manufacturing sector is close to collapse, fatally wounded by Washington’s tariffs on Chinese ...

M&A After the demise of Thomas Cook, Fosun’s acquisition strategy is reassessed

Restraint and moderation were two characteristics that came instinctively to Thomas Cook. The Victorian-era businessman built his travel empire on the ...

Spicing up sales

China Consumer What led to Laoganma’s first TV commercial?

Consumer products tend to bank on publicity. But not Sriracha. For 40 years, the chilli-garlic paste’s maker Huy Fong has never paid a penny for ...

Testing their mettle

Energy & Resources The world’s first stainless steel futures are launched in Shanghai

Steel has often been a symbol of might in modern China. The country’s final liberation in the Second World War was marked by the recapture of the ...

Don’t count on it

Education Education bureau blocks new maths teaching

The history of maths scholarship in China is illustrious, dating back to the second millennium BC, when bamboo rods were arranged to represent the ...

Lights, camera, patriotism

Entertainment If you didn’t like shows about loving your motherland, this was…

Last month 620,000 poorer families in China were given a 32-inch TV. The gesture undoubtedly made many of them happy. But that wasn’t the principal ...

Longing for Long Dai

Cartoons Longing for Long Dai

Chateau Lafite has long been one of the most faked wines in China. The Bordeaux first growth was never happy about this dubious honour, but its ...

Re-engaging China

Sino-File “If the Chinese believe all we’re trying to do is contain…

Former US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson discusses his involvement in the Bloomberg New Economy Forum which will be held in Beijing late next month. ...

Heroes of the hour

And Finally China’s delivery drivers make an unexpected appearance on National Day

Food delivery people are a feature of modern life in China. Few street scenes are complete without a courier whizzing past on an electric bike. At ...